"of the miniseries was delayed due to concerns over the cover art for the issue, and ultimately Topps chose to discontinue publishing the adaptation, and also cancelled plans for an ongoing James Bond comic book series. A graphic novel adaptation of Charlie Higson's first Young Bond novel ""SilverFin"" was released in the UK on October 2, 2008. The book is illustrated by Kev Walker. Dynamite Entertainment's senior editor Joseph Rybandt, hinted that a graphic novel adaptation of Fleming's first Bond thriller, ""Casino Royale"" is in the pipeline, while they work on an original monthly series, but it wasn't officially announced"
"introduced Johnny Fedora, the secret agent with a licence to kill, the government-sanctioned assassin. Ian Fleming, a former member of naval intelligence, followed swiftly with the glamorous James Bond, secret agent 007 of the British Secret Service, a mixture of counter-intelligence officer, assassin and playboy. Perhaps the most famous fictional spy, Bond was introduced in ""Casino Royale"" (1953). After Fleming's death the franchise continued under other British and American authors, including Kingsley Amis, Christopher Wood, John Gardner, Raymond Benson, Sebastian Faulks, Jeffery Deaver and William Boyd. Despite the commercial success of Fleming's extravagant novels, John le Carré, himself a former"
"childhoods. In forming the early Bond character, Higson created the origins of some of Bond's character traits, including his love of cars and fine wine. Adaptations of Bond started early in Fleming's writings, with CBS paying him $1,000 ($ in dollars) to adapt his first novel, ""Casino Royale"", into a one-hour television adventure; this was broadcast on 21 October 1954. The Bond character, played by Barry Nelson, was changed to ""Card Sense"" Jimmy Bond, an American agent working for ""Combined Intelligence"". In 1957 the ""Daily Express"" newspaper adapted Fleming's stories into comic strip format. In order to help the artists,"
"In thriller writing, Ian Fleming created the character James Bond 007 in January 1952, while on holiday at his Jamaican estate, Goldeneye. Fleming chronicled Bond's adventures in twelve novels, including ""Casino Royale"" (1953), ""Live and Let Die"" (1954), ""Dr. No"" (1958), ""Goldfinger"" (1959), ""Thunderball"" (1961), ""The Spy Who Loved Me"" (1962), and nine short story works. In contrast to the larger-than-life spy capers of Bond, John le Carré was an author of spy novels who depicted a shadowy world of espionage and counter-espionage, and his best known novel ""The Spy Who Came in from the Cold"" (1963), is often regarded"
"James Bond (literary character) Commander James Bond, CMG, RNVR, is a fictional character created by the British journalist and novelist Ian Fleming in 1953. He is the protagonist of the ""James Bond"" series of novels, films, comics and video games. Fleming wrote twelve Bond novels and two short story collections. His final two books—""The Man with the Golden Gun"" (1965) and ""Octopussy and The Living Daylights"" (1966)—were published posthumously. The Bond character is a Secret Service agent, code number 007, residing in London but active internationally. Bond was a composite character who was based on a number of commandos whom"
"of Bond in a different way. James Bond (literary character) Commander James Bond, CMG, RNVR, is a fictional character created by the British journalist and novelist Ian Fleming in 1953. He is the protagonist of the ""James Bond"" series of novels, films, comics and video games. Fleming wrote twelve Bond novels and two short story collections. His final two books—""The Man with the Golden Gun"" (1965) and ""Octopussy and The Living Daylights"" (1966)—were published posthumously. The Bond character is a Secret Service agent, code number 007, residing in London but active internationally. Bond was a composite character who was based"
"James Bond was created by 20th Century author and mentor to Fleming, Phyllis Bottome in her 1946 novel, ""The Lifeline"". Distinct similarities between the protagonist in ""The Lifeline"", Mark Chalmers and Bond have been highlighted by spy writer, Nigel West. Fleming took the name for his character from that of the American ornithologist James Bond, a Caribbean bird expert and author of the definitive field guide ""Birds of the West Indies""; Fleming, a keen birdwatcher himself, had a copy of Bond's guide and he later explained to the ornithologist's wife that ""It struck me that this brief, unromantic, Anglo-Saxon and"
"The Book of Bond The Book of Bond or, Every Man His Own 007 is a book by Kingsley Amis which was first published by Jonathan Cape in 1965. For this work, Amis used the pseudonym Lt.-Col. William (""Bill"") Tanner. In Ian Fleming's James Bond novels, Bill Tanner is M's chief of staff and a recurring character throughout the series. A tongue-in-cheek work, published by the same company that issued the Bond novels, ""The Book of Bond"" is a manual for prospective agents on how to live like Agent 007, illustrated with examples taken from the Fleming canon. The first"
"Casino Royale (novel) Casino Royale is the first novel by the British author Ian Fleming. Published in 1953, it is the first ""James Bond"" book, and it paved the way for a further eleven novels and two short story collections by Fleming, followed by numerous continuation Bond novels by other authors. The story concerns the British secret agent James Bond, gambling at the casino in Royale-les-Eaux to bankrupt Le Chiffre, the treasurer of a French union and a member of the Russian secret service. Bond is supported in his endeavours by Vesper Lynd, a member of his own service, as"
"Eon Productions making the 2006 film ""Casino Royale"". The film stars Daniel Craig as Bond, supported by Eva Green as Vesper Lynd and Mads Mikkelsen as Le Chiffre; Judi Dench returned for her fifth Bond film as Bond's superior, M. ""Casino Royale"" is a reboot, showing Bond at the beginning of his career as a 00-agent and overall stays true to the original novel. Casino Royale (novel) Casino Royale is the first novel by the British author Ian Fleming. Published in 1953, it is the first ""James Bond"" book, and it paved the way for a further eleven novels and"
"James Bond The James Bond series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections. Since Fleming's death in 1964, eight other authors have written authorised Bond novels or novelizations: Kingsley Amis, Christopher Wood, John Gardner, Raymond Benson, Sebastian Faulks, Jeffery Deaver, William Boyd and Anthony Horowitz. The latest novel is ""Trigger Mortis"" by Anthony Horowitz, published in September 2015. Additionally Charlie Higson wrote a series on a young James Bond, and Kate Westbrook wrote three novels based on the diaries of a recurring"
"Licence Renewed Licence Renewed, first published in 1981, is the first novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond. It was the first proper James Bond novel (not counting novelizations and a faux biography) since Kingsley Amis's ""Colonel Sun"" in 1968. Carrying the Glidrose Publications copyright, it was first published in the United Kingdom by Jonathan Cape and in the United States by Richard Marek, a G. P. Putnam's Sons imprint. The release of ""Licence Renewed"" successfully relaunched the Bond literary franchise, being the first of 14 original novels by Gardner until his retirement in 1996. In"
"James Bond filmography Commander James Bond RN—code number 007—is a fictional character created by the British journalist and novelist Ian Fleming in 1952. The character appeared in a series of twelve novels and two short story collections written by Fleming and a number of continuation novels and spin-off works after Fleming's death in 1964. There have been twenty-six films in total, produced between 1962 and 2015. Fleming portrayed Bond as a tall, athletic, handsome secret agent in his thirties or forties; he has several vices including drinking, smoking, gambling, automobiles and womanising. He is an exceptional marksman, and skilled in"
"next film to be produced was also usually named, in the format ""James Bond will return..."" or ""James Bond will be back"", although these were sometimes incorrect: ""The Spy Who Loved Me"" promised James Bond would return in ""For Your Eyes Only"", but after the success of ""Star Wars"", the producers decided to make ""Moonraker"" instead and ""For Your Eyes Only"" followed in 1981. The first Bond film, ""Dr. No"", included the introduction of the character of James Bond. Bond was introduced in an exchange near the beginning of the film in a ""now-famous nightclub sequence featuring Sylvia Trench"", to"
"within the year. US sales, when the novel was released there a year later, were much slower. Following a comic strip adaptation in 1958–59 by John McLusky in the ""Daily Express"", the novel was adapted in 1973 as the eighth film in the Eon Productions Bond series and the first to star Roger Moore as Bond. Major plot elements from the novel were also incorporated into the Bond films ""For Your Eyes Only"" in 1981 and ""Licence to Kill"" in 1989. The British Secret Service agent James Bond is sent by his superior, M, to New York City to investigate"
"World War, Fleming was involved in planning Operation Goldeneye and in the planning and oversight of two intelligence units, 30 Assault Unit and T-Force. His wartime service and his career as a journalist provided much of the background, detail and depth of the James Bond novels. Fleming wrote his first Bond novel, ""Casino Royale"", in 1952. It was a success, with three print runs being commissioned to cope with the demand. Eleven Bond novels and two collections of short stories followed between 1953 and 1966. The novels revolved around James Bond, an officer in the Secret Intelligence Service, commonly known"
"Living Daylights"" had first appeared in ""The Sunday Times"" on 4 February 1962; ""The Property of a Lady"" was commissioned by Sotheby's for the 1963 edition of their journal, ""The Ivory Hammer""; whilst ""007 in New York"" first appeared in the ""New York Herald Tribune"" in October 1963. The two original stories, ""Octopussy"" and ""The Living Daylights"", were both adapted for publication in comic strip format in the ""Daily Express"" in 1966–1967. Elements from the stories have also been used in the Eon Productions Bond films. The first, ""Octopussy"", starring Roger Moore as James Bond, was released in 1983 as"
"James Bond: The Authorized Biography of 007 James Bond: The Authorized Biography of 007 (laterJames Bond: The Authorised Biography) by John Pearson, is a fictional biography of James Bond, first published in 1973; Pearson also wrote the biography ""The Life of Ian Fleming"" (1966). ""The Authorized Biography of 007"" was not commissioned by Glidrose Publications. It originated as a spoof novel for publisher Sidgwick & Jackson. However, Pearson knew Peter Janson-Smith, the Glidrose chairman, who gave permission for the work to be published. Consequently, this is the only James Bond book from Glidrose, between 1953 and 1987, not first published"
"Icebreaker (novel) Icebreaker, first published in 1983, was the third novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond. Carrying the Glidrose Publications copyright, it was first published in the United Kingdom by Jonathan Cape and is the first Bond novel to be published in the United States by Putnam, beginning a long-standing association. Bond reluctantly finds himself recruited into a dangerous mission involving an equally dangerous and treacherous alliance of agents from the United States (CIA), the Soviet Union (KGB) and Israel (Mossad). The team, dubbed ""Icebreaker"", waste no time double-crossing each other. Ostensibly their job is"
"James Bond (Dynamite Entertainment) James Bond is an ongoing spy thriller comic book series by Dynamite Entertainment featuring the eponymous character originally created by Ian Fleming. It is licensed by Ian Fleming Publications and debuted in November 2015. Additional series and graphic novels are planned. In October 2014, Dynamite Entertainment announced plans to publish monthly James Bond comics as part of a ten-year licensing deal with Ian Fleming Publications in 2015. Warren Ellis was asked by the Fleming Estate to be the writer, and he requested Jason Masters be the artist. Their first six issue story, ""VARGR"", was announced July"
"designed a highly stylised main title sequence, a theme that has been repeated in the subsequent Eon-produced Bond films. Binder's budget for the title sequence was £2,000 (£ in ). The character James Bond was introduced towards, but not at, the beginning of the film in a ""now-famous nightclub sequence featuring Sylvia Trench"", to whom he makes his ""immortal introduction"". The introduction to the character in ""Le Cercle at Les Ambassadeurs"", an upmarket gambling club, is derived from Bond's introduction in the first novel, ""Casino Royale"", which Fleming had used because ""skill at gambling and knowledge of how to behave"
"James Bond film ""Tomorrow Never Dies"" (1997) and then Russell Mulcahy's ""Tale of the Mummy"" (1998). In 2000, Butler was cast in two breakthrough roles, the first being Attila the Hun in the American TV miniseries ""Attila"" (2001). The film's producers wanted a known actor to play the part but eventually chose Butler. He was cast as Dracula in ""Dracula 2000"" (2000). He then appeared in ""Reign of Fire"" (2002) as Creedy and """" (2003) as Terry Sheridan, alongside Angelina Jolie. In the role of Andre Marek in the big-screen adaptation of Michael Crichton's novel ""Timeline"" (2003), Butler played an"
"James Bond Jr. James Bond Jr. is a fictional character described as the nephew of Ian Fleming's masterspy, James Bond. The name was first used in 1967 for a spinoff novel entitled ""The Adventures of James Bond Junior 003½"" authored by the never clarified pseudonym R. D. Mascott. The idea of Bond having a nephew was used again in 1991 in an American animated series for television, in which the title character defeats threats to ensure the safety of the free world. The series was mildly successful, spawning a six-volume novelization series by John Peel (writing as John Vincent), a"
"Rankin. Erskine Childers' ""The Riddle of the Sands"" (1903), is an early example of spy fiction. A noted writer in the spy novel genre was John le Carré, while in thriller writing, Ian Fleming created the character James Bond 007 in January 1952, while on holiday at his Jamaican estate, Goldeneye. Fleming chronicled Bond's adventures in twelve novels, including ""Casino Royale"" (1953), ""Live and Let Die"" (1954), ""Dr. No"" (1958), ""Goldfinger"" (1959), ""Thunderball"" (1961), and nine short story works. Hungarian-born Emma Orczy's (1865–1947) original play, ""The Scarlet Pimpernel"", opened in October 1903 at Nottingham's Theatre Royal but was not a"
"To wit, Fleming wrote: Regardless, Fleming later agreed, and to aid the ""Daily Express"" in illustrating James Bond, Fleming commissioned an artist to sketch whom he believed James Bond to look like. The assigned illustrator, John McLusky, however, felt that Fleming's 007 appeared too ""outdated"" and ""pre-war"", and thus changed James Bond to a more rugged and masculine appearance. The first strip, ""Casino Royale"", was published in 1958. The story was adapted by Anthony Hern, who previously had serialised ""Diamonds Are Forever"" and ""From Russia with Love"" for the ""Daily Express"". The majority of the early comic strips were adapted"
"... In Bond, he created a Bulldog Drummond for the jet age. Following on from the character development of Bond in his previous four novels, Fleming adds further background to Bond's private life, largely around his home life and personal habits, with Bond's introduction to the story seeing him at breakfast with his housekeeper, May. The novelist Raymond Benson—who later wrote a series of Bond novels—sees aspects of self-doubt entering Bond's mind with the ""soft"" life he has been leading when he is introduced in the book. Benson identifies Bond's fear when the flight to Istanbul encounters severe turbulence from"
"Bond comforts Nebula, telling her that he settled the score with the man who did her wrong, as they embrace each other with passionate sense of romance. James Bond 007: The Quasimodo Gambit James Bond 007: The Quasimodo Gambit is a 1995 spy thriller comic book published by Dark Horse Comics that features Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond in the lead. Serialized in three issues, the story is written by Don McGregor and illustrated by Gary Caldwell, which also is the last Bond comic book to be published by the same company, before Topps Comics took over the publishing"
"ornithologist James Bond, and the code number—007—which referred to the breaking of a World War I German diplomatic code. Some aspects of Bond's character and tastes replicate those of Fleming himself. On the morning of 17 February 1952, Ian Fleming started writing what would become his first book, ""Casino Royale"", at his Goldeneye estate in Jamaica. He typed out 2,000 words in the morning, directly from his own experiences and imagination and finished work on the manuscript in just over a month, completing it on 18 March 1952. Fleming took the name for his character from that of the American"
"plan Fleming had developed in case of a Nazi invasion of Gibraltar through Spain. Fleming joined ""The Sunday Times"" in 1946, for which he oversaw the paper's worldwide network of correspondents. He negotiated a contract whereby he could spend three months of each year at Goldeneye. Here he entertained Ann Fleming. Ann was then married to Lord Rothermere, who thought Ann was staying with Noël Coward. On 17 February 1952 James Bond appeared in the first Bond novel, ""Casino Royale"". For the next twelve years, Fleming wrote all his Bond stories there. A number of the Bond movies, including ""Dr."
"Inspirations for James Bond A number of real-life inspirations have been suggested for James Bond, the fictional character created in 1953 by British author, journalist and Naval Intelligence officer Ian Fleming; Bond appeared in twelve novels and nine short stories by Fleming, as well as a number of continuation novels and twenty-six films, with seven actors playing the role of Bond. Although the stories and characters were fictional, a number of elements had a real life background, taken from people whom Fleming knew or events he was aware of. These included the spy's name, which Fleming took from the American"
"character ... since the original novels"" and praised the removal of Bond's bigotry. John McCubbin, reviewing for SnapPow, criticized the comic's pace and Bond's lack of flair while calling Master's art ""the most impressive part about this opening issue."" Dom Reardon's cover for the first issue was re-used as the cover for the 21st issue of ""Bleeding Cool"" magazine, which was focused on war comics. James Bond (Dynamite Entertainment) James Bond is an ongoing spy thriller comic book series by Dynamite Entertainment featuring the eponymous character originally created by Ian Fleming. It is licensed by Ian Fleming Publications and debuted"
"Young Bond Young Bond is a series of young adult spy novels featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent James Bond as a young teenage boy attending school at Eton College in the 1930s. The series, written by Charlie Higson, was originally planned to include only five novels; however, after the release of the fifth novel, Higson considered the possibility of a second series. In October 2013 it was confirmed that a second series of four novels was in development, with the first novel due for release in Q3 2014, but it would be penned by Steve Cole while Higson continued work"
"sent a copy to the publishing house Jonathan Cape. At first, they were unenthusiastic about the novel, but Fleming's brother Peter, whose books they managed, persuaded the company to publish it. On 13 April 1953 ""Casino Royale"" was released in the UK in hardcover, priced at 10s 6d, with a cover designed by Fleming. It was a success and three print runs were needed to cope with the demand. The novel centres on the exploits of James Bond, an officer in the Secret Intelligence Service, commonly known as MI6. Bond was also known by his code number, 007, and was"